Monday, December 21, 2009

GOP Sweetheart 12/21/2009 – Tom ‘C street’ Coburn

Here’s how desperate the GOP has gotten in their attempts to defeat the health care bill in the Senate.

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Senator Tom Coburn (R-OK) is hoping, even praying, that one of his Democratic colleagues somehow cannot manage to cast a vote on health care in the wee hours of Monday morning.

As the chamber nears the first of several procedural ballots to end debate on the bill ahead of final passage, Coburn said, "What the American people ought to pray is that somebody can't make the vote tonight. That's what they ought to pray."

His suggestion, seemingly a veiled remark aimed at ailing 92-year-old Senator Robert Byrd (D-VA), struck a raw nerve with Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL). "I don't think it's appropriate to be invoking prayer to wish misfortune on a colleague...

Inserted from <Raw Story>

Only a true GOP Sweetheart would call on the Supply-side Jesus (The GOP invention, not the real one) to bring harm to a colleague to prevent a fair vote.

6 comments:

Unknown said...

LMFAO~!

Jack Jodell said...

And I pray that Coburn SOON changes his 1920 haircut and viewpoints!

TomCat said...

Gwen, where's the humor?

Jack, a perfect haircut for hin would be right below the chin. ;-)

Oso said...

TomCat,
LMAO.
Just a little off the top of the neck?

Lisa G. said...

Seriously dude, get a real haircut and come out of the early last century. Him wishing harm on Bryd is the lowest of the low.

TomCat said...

Yup, Oso!! ;-)

Lisa, he can keep the haircut. I would prefer him to get a heart, a brain, and a conscience.